A/N: We Might As Well Be Strangers by Keane!

Having Yoriko-san as my manager has been great so far! Moko-san was concerned that she was taking the role of best friend since I like her so much. It took her a lot of convincing that I only have one best friend and that's Moko-san. Even though she won't admit it, she's worried that I'm going to spend too much time with either Yoriko-san or Ren to the point where I won't spend time with her anymore. I told Moko-san that could never happen. She's my first female friend! How could I abandon her like that. I also told her I was going to ask Yoriko-san schedule a whole day just to spend with her. She groused about the whole idea but finally agreed.

When I asked Yoriko-san to do that, she rolled her eyes but smiled and nodded. I must have looked as if I was melting in my adoration of Moko-san! She went back to reading the entertainment magazine she found this morning. She really does seem like a big sister, though she isn't a doting sibling like Cain-nii-san. I imagine this would be a more normal sibling relationship. She likes making me happy and doing what she can to do that. For instance, she started calling me Kyoko-chan when she noticed how happy I was whenever Moko-san called me that. She said I could use 'chan' with her name, but droppign suffixes are weird. I would prefer to use them with Ren, but he gets upset when I do. Speaking of which, Yoriko-san doesn't push to be involved in my personal relationships so long as I'm happy and it doesn't interfere with my job. But if I ever ask for her help, she's already there. She does seem a little like Moko-san, but the one thing they really do have in common is that they both think I'm weird. Moko-san says she puts up with me and Yoriko-san said it makes her job entertaining. But overall, Yoriko-san looks out for me but has her own thing going, like a big sister would.

"Ne, Kyoko-chan?" She waited until she heard me 'Mmm' in response before she looked up a bit from her magazine. "Did you take a look at the script the President gave you yet?"

"Oh, yes! I did. I was hoping for a nicer role, but Tsukiko fights for what's good in her own way. Mobsters killed her brother a few years ago, which was the only family she had. She decided to punish the mob members, but she wants to be proportionate to the crimes they committed. If they're only thugs, she only roughs them up. She only wants to kill the ones that killed her brother. She serves as the romantic interest of the detective investigating the mob and they meet when she's on the trail of mob members" Then there is that one scene that keeps giving me shivers. "Do you know who else is cast in it? I didn't see a list in the script anywhere."

"Dunno, I suppose the President knows or it's still being decided on. But I take it you want the role?"

"I'd like to play a protagonist for once." Finally, something where I'm not the character being fought against.

"I'll let Takarada-san know in a bit then. Remember we're going to TBM after this." That's guest appearance on a short thriller drama. They have Mio transferring into a new school and terrorizing everyone before she eventually moves with her mother to the other side of the country. I'm excited to use Mio again since I was worried that everyone would forget about her. But I can't be Mio yet, I need to finish being Natsu for today before I can traumatize even more students. I heaved a sigh. There was no reason to not take the role of Tsukiko. The only people who feared her were the members of the mob and so long as they were mostly harmless, they were fine.

I was so excited about being Mio again, even as evil and dark as she is, that I wasn't really paying attention to where we were walking when we arrived at TBM. I should have, because I collided with something unpleasant that just rounded the corner. Something unpleasant, obnoxious, blond but also a terrifyingly talented musician.

"Hey, look where you're going!" Why is Shotaro always so rude? I decided to take a page out of Ren's book. I covered my anger at meeting Idiot #1 in perfect politeness. I need to keep calm since I've already been kicked out of TBM twice. A third time would be an embarrassment and very unprofessional.

"I'm sorry, Fuwa-san. I should have been paying attention. I should wait to get in character until I'm on set. Excuse me." I bowed quickly and started to turn away to where Yoriko-san was standing a few feet away.

I couldn't continue since his hand suddenly gripped my wrist. I looked at his hand and then up to his face. After finally realizing Ren's feelings, I understand that expression better. There is undeniable anger and contradicting longing underneath. It took a long time to catch on to the more subtle parts of that expression but now that I know what it is, I can see it.

Why would Sho look like that?

"Excuse me, but could you please release me? I have a shoot to attend to." Must be calm. Mio would just cause a scene here. I couldn't entirely erase the annoyance from my voice, though.

"No, why the hell are you letting that pin-headed playboy try and kiss you? All of a sudden I see that airhead of an actor trying to kiss you on the street on the front of nearly every tabloid magazine." He paused and shot an accusatory glare into my eyes. "I knew you were a stupid girl with only love on her mind." No Mio, not now. I tried pulling my arm from him but his grip tightened. My wrist had healed from my misunderstanding with Amamiya-san, but this was aggravating the injury.

"That's not your business, Sho. It stopped being your business when you tossed me away. Now let me go, I have a job I need to be at." I bit out. It was really starting to hurt. I had to fight back tears at the pain.

"What makes him so much better than me?" His voice was low and dark. He tried pulling me closer.

"He loves me." My voice was filled with quiet conviction. I paused. I felt warm thinking about it. It was something that I was comfortable saying. Does that mean I accepted it? Yeah, he wouldn't tell me he loves me so many times if he didn't mean it. He's not the type to lie like that. The pain pulled me out of my quick reverie. I barely caught his surprised expression before Yoriko-san stepped in. I was thankful she cut off any sort of retort he was planning on saying.

"I believe my client has repeatedly asked you to remove your hands from her. If you don't comply, I will call security over." Yoriko-san's eyes were dark and promised to carry out the threat if she was not obeyed. Her stance looked ready, as if she was preparing it to take action at a moment's notice.

"Who the hell are you?" He turned his glare onto the interruption of our less-than-civil conversation.

"Kyoko's manager. Now. let. go." The grudges perked up in interest of this new side of Yoriko-san.

"Che." He threw my wrist from him as if it disgusted him. Her body relaxed. Sho crossed his arms and cocked his head.

"Don't lay a hand on my client ever again, or I will take legal measures against you. As a celebrity, that would be a large blow to your reputation. Especially if they hear about you abusing female celebrities." He glared at her in challenge but remained silent.

"Let's go Kyoko, we don't want to be late from a small inconvenience." That look he had for that one moment still bewildered me. Why would he look longingly at me? He didn't care what happened for me. He just threw me away. He only took me to Tokyo to be his maid servant, nothing more. Yoriko-san spoke again before we got to the set.

"Is it always like that between you two? I should have stepped in earlier but I had a hard time interrupting the atmosphere." She didn't seem angry, but curious. There was a bit of frustration, but that can be from meeting the real Fuwa Sho that I know. I sighed.

"Now it's like that. It wasn't like that growing up."

"I wish it happened in a more secluded area. I'm fairly certain a few other people saw that exchange. I won't be surprised if the tabloids get a hold of this. Especially with the picture of you and Tsuruga-san that circulated a few weeks ago, they would love a development like this." Her voice dropped as if she was talking more to herself. "I probably need to start on damage control. So much for 'The best damage control is prevention'." He made some sort of aggravated noise.

"I'm sorry, Yoriko-san! I shouldn't have responded to anything! He might have let go sooner-" My manager cut me off before I could continue.

"No, Kyoko-san, this isn't your fault. Don't start blaming yourself about this. Yashiro-san said you have a tendency to do that, but you did everything you could to remain calm and remove yourself from the situation. I should have acted sooner."

"But-"

"Go see the director." We're at the shoot already? I look back to Yoriko-san. She looks so concerned. She really is like a big sister.

"Hai." I gave her a quick smile before running off and getting into Mio and her costume. The shoot went well and everyone was thoroughly excited and terrified of Mio's performance. I'm proud of Mio and her ability to leave an impact on the audience. Though I still feel a bit sad leaving her again, possibly to never be used in front of a camera again. I shook out those thoughts, they're too negative to dwell on. There will be more roles with more diverse ranges of emotions eventually. After changing back into my normal clothes, I find Yoriko-san finishing a call on her cell phone.

"-I'll talk to you later, Yashiro." Huh? She was on the phone with Ren's manager. Well, it makes sense if they're finding free time for us. But it doesn't explain the drop in the suffix. Ren's implications of romantic feelings between our managers floated back in my mind. I wonder if Yoriko-san feels anything towards Yashiro-san. She turns to me before I can speculate any further.

"The shoot go well?" I nodded happily. She smiled. "You know, people would be surprised to realize this polite, sweet girl in front of me is the same person as Mio and Natsu. Oh and Bo. It's hard to put all of together." We started walking back out to the car. "Oh, I was thinking during your shoot; Does Tsuruga-san know the whole thing between you and Fuwa? I have a feeling that the whole thing is going to end up on the newsstands, if not tomorrow, sometime in the near future. Not with you and Tsuruga-san being public." I couldn't help but blush at that. He said it himself. He can't keep his hands to himself now.

"Ano, he knows that he was the motivating factor for me joining the industry, but he's only guessed at things..."

"He'd probably appreciate the real story from you before the tabloids make something up for you."

"Ehhhh… You're probably right. I should tell him. I just don't want him to get angry or anything…" Horror images started filling my mind. The Demon Lord has been dormant lately. I don't want to wake him up at all

"Why would he get angry?" Her voice sounded surprised.

"Well, I let myself get used like that. That the Number One Idiot can still upset me after so long. Yoriko-san chuckled lightly as we got to the car.

"One of Yashiro-san's first pieces of advice to me was 'Do not mention anything related to Fuwa Sho in front of either Ren or Kyoko-chan. Try to avoid him and the topic at all costs, though sometimes it seems is if fate ties them together.' I fully understand what he was talking about now. He mentioned how Ren would get depressed if he found you with the musician for prolonged periods afterwards."

"Really?" She nodded. I really should tell Ren everything. He shouldn't worry about Sho anymore. I would never return to him with how much he hurt me. I glanced down at my wrist. It looked fine, but it was still a bit sore. I'm just afraid of feeling the other, more emotional pain, if Ren changes his mind. But every time he whispers that he loves me, a bit of my reluctance melts away. I'm afraid to be so consumed by another person again, especially with someone as potent as Ren is. The more I spend time with him, the more I feel comfortable with that though. He keeps telling me how much I'm on his mind.

Yeah, I'll tell him. I just hope it doesn't ruin everything.

A/N: I wrote this after I wrote a angry/sad chapter for TBOIN hoping it would cheer me up, but I forgot this was where I planned to have Sho appear. And it's going to be a while before I get to more fluffy fluff again. I need to watch something happy. Meh.

Wow, that chapter definitely needed editing. Hope it makes more sense now!